Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Croton polytrichus
Croton polytrichus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Croton polytrichus is a shrub or tree, sometimes adopting a climbing habit. It can grow up to 7.5 metres tall, but is more likely to be 3 - 5 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia.
HabitatDry evergreen forest and thicket; occasionally in woodland; sometimes on rocky hills or riverine; Baikiaea mutemwa (thicket of dry deciduous forest on Kalahari Sand); pemba thicket (S Zambia); itigi forest-thicket (N Zambia)[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].